Man-eating PIRANHAS found in Telford drain

KILLERS: This piranha was found blocking up a drain in Telford [CATERS NEWS AGENCY]

The deadly discovery was made after locals complained about a fishy whiff coming from under their homes, prompting utility workers to investigate.

And they were shocked when they found the dead piranhas - usually found in Amazonian rivers - were the source of the stink from the sink.

Experts are baffled as to how it got there in the first place but suspect bored pet owners may be to blame.

Workmen Matt Final and Jay Slater, who went to investigate the smelly sewers for Severn Trent, revealed that many of the fish were several inches long.

BLOCKAGE: The killer fish were found in this drain [CATERS NEWS AGENCY]

“I might well be checking beneath the toilets seat before I go to the loo now”

Local butcher Jim Hoult

Matt said: "We've certainly seen some weird things in the sewers over the years but we were just a bit shocked to remove piranhas.

"I wouldn't have thought a fish of this size would fit down a toilet."

While some are scare of mutant rats coming up through the pipes, now homeowners are scared of being bitten on the bum by one of the flesh-eaters.

Local butcher Jim Hoult, 56, said: "I might well be checking beneath the toilets seat before I go to the loo now."

Sue Fulford, customer operations manager for Severn Trent, said: "The drains that take waste water away from your home are only a few inches wide and are only meant to take water, toilet roll and human waste - certainly not piranhas."